Councils failing to meet disability targets

ONE-THIRD of all local authorities countrywide are failing to reach the 3% target of employing people with a disability according to new figures.

On the scale of disability employment targets, Cavan County Council performed worse out of 33 councils with only 0.63% of its staff representing people with disabilities.

Local authorities such as Westmeath, Donegal, Galway City Council and Kildare hovered between 1% and just over 2% in the list of ten authorities which have failed to meet the 3% target.